§ 23-17-60. Compilation and publication of the charges for common hospital procedures.
(a) Each hospital, licensed under this chapter, shall compile a list of its twenty-five (25) most commonly performed outpatient procedures and shall submit annually to the department of health a list of the range of average charges for each procedure, in a uniform reporting form adopted by the department.
(b) The department shall establish a list of the twenty-five (25) most commonly performed inpatient procedures in Rhode Island hospitals, as organized by a Medicare diagnostic-related group. The department of health shall annually develop a list of each hospital’s range of average charges for those procedures. The department shall publish this compiled information on its website.
(c) Each hospital shall provide a copy of the lists described in subsections (a) and (b) to any person upon request.
History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 366, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 376, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-17 - Licensing of Healthcare Facilities
Section 23-17-1. - Short title.
Section 23-17-2. - Definitions.
Section 23-17-3. - Purpose of provisions.
Section 23-17-4. - License required for healthcare facility operation.
Section 23-17-4.1. - Rules and regulations for school-based health centers.
Section 23-17-5. - Application for license.
Section 23-17-5.2. - Additional information required for license renewal of all nursing facilities.
Section 23-17-6. - Issuance of license — Posting — Transfer — Conditions.
Section 23-17-7. - Expiration and renewal of license.
Section 23-17-8. - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Section 23-17-8.1. - Curtailment of activities.
Section 23-17-9. - Judicial review of license action.
Section 23-17-10.1. - Financial regulation of health maintenance organizations.
Section 23-17-10.3. - Special care unit disclosure by facilities.
Section 23-17-10.5. - Medical director and attending physician file.
Section 23-17-10.6. - Nursing facility wandering hazard prevention plans.
Section 23-17-11. - Abortion and sterilization — Protection for nonparticipation — Procedure.
Section 23-17-12. - Inspections — Nursing facilities.
Section 23-17-12.1. - Scope of inspections.
Section 23-17-12.2. - Time for correction of defects.
Section 23-17-12.3. - Penalty for violation of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2.
Section 23-17-12.4. - Enforcement of §§ 23-17-12 — 23-17-12.2.
Section 23-17-12.5. - Complaints — Nursing homes.
Section 23-17-12.6. - Independent quality monitor, quality consultant and temporary manager.
Section 23-17-12.7. - Adverse change in financial condition.
Section 23-17-12.8. - Posting of nursing staff levels in nursing facilities.
Section 23-17-12.9. - Resident and family notification.
Section 23-17-12.10. - Quality predictive modeling — Established.
Section 23-17-12.11. - Nursing facility quality improvement program.
Section 23-17-13.1. - Health services council.
Section 23-17-14. - Functions of health services council.
Section 23-17-14.1. - Immunity for council members.
Section 23-17-14.2. - Compensation.
Section 23-17-14.3. - Review criteria.
Section 23-17-14.4. - Procedures for review.
Section 23-17-15. - Information confidential.
Section 23-17-15.1. - Reports public.
Section 23-17-16. - Annual report of activities.
Section 23-17-17. - Penalty for operation of unlicensed health care facility.
Section 23-17-18. - Obtaining treatment or services under false pretenses.
Section 23-17-19. - Injunction to restrain operation without license.
Section 23-17-19.1. - Rights of patients.
Section 23-17-19.2. - Posting of law.
Section 23-17-19.3. - Patients’ visitation rights.
Section 23-17-20. - Inapplicability.
Section 23-17-21. - Power of enforcement.
Section 23-17-22. - Severability.
Section 23-17-23. - Hospital disciplinary powers.
Section 23-17-24. - Internal risk management program.
Section 23-17-25. - Privileges and immunities for peer review activities.
Section 23-17-26. - Emergency health care.
Section 23-17-27. - Disclosure of nonparticipation in hospital service plan.
Section 23-17-28. - Health care cost containment.
Section 23-17-29. - Applicability.
Section 23-17-30. - Blood or tissue transfer services.
Section 23-17-31. - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Hospitals.
Section 23-17-31.1. - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing — Facilities for drug users.
Section 23-17-32. - Mammograms — Quality assurance standards.
Section 23-17-33. - Pap smears — Quality assurance standards.
Section 23-17-35. - Prior criminal records checks.
Section 23-17-36. - Rules and regulations.
Section 23-17-37. - Disqualifying information.
Section 23-17-38. - Establishment of fees.
Section 23-17-38.1. - Hospitals — Licensing fee.
Section 23-17-39. - Immunity from liability.
Section 23-17-40. - Hospital and freestanding emergency-care facility events reporting.
Section 23-17-41. - Employer/employee relationships.
Section 23-17-42. - Home nursing care providers — Uncompensated care provisions.
Section 23-17-43. - Charity care requirements.
Section 23-17-45. - Quality standards for volume related tertiary services.
Section 23-17-46. - Financial interest disclosure.
Section 23-17-47. - Identification badges.
Section 23-17-48. - Labor disputes/actions.
Section 23-17-49. - Surgical procedures — General provisions.
Section 23-17-51. - Magnetic resonance imaging — Quality assurance standards.
Section 23-17-52. - Department of health concern line.
Section 23-17-53. - Physician contracts.
Section 23-17-54. - Provisions of interpreter services.
Section 23-17-55. - Severability.
Section 23-17-56. - School based health centers — Special requirements and exceptions.
Section 23-17-59. - Safe patient handling.
Section 23-17-60. - Compilation and publication of the charges for common hospital procedures.
Section 23-17-61. - Written estimates for hospital medical services.
Section 23-17-62. - Criminal records review — Long-term care hospital.
Section 23-17-63. - Patient safety — Circulating nurses required in operating rooms.
Section 23-17-64. - Influenza immunization.
Section 23-17-65. - Transparency of ownership in healthcare facilities.